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All Creation Obeys the Messiah Paid Members Public
Among the discovery of the Dead Scrolls in 1947, a fragment was found in cave 4 called 4Q521, and named "Messianic Apocalypse" or "Resurrection Fragment." It has been dated around the 1st to 2nd century BC. This fragment is interesting in that it describes the heavens
Pistis = Faithfulness Paid Members Public
Here is how A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (commonly referred to as BDAG) defines the Greek word employed within the writings of the New Testament: πίστις, εως, ἡ ⟦pístis⟧ (Hes., Hdt.+; ranging in meaning from subjective confidence to objective basis for confidence)
Jesus & the Mustard Seed: A Mistake in the Gospels? Paid Members Public
The following is taken from this article, The smallest of all the seeds. The post isn’t written by someone who believes in the inerrancy and inspiration of the Holy Bible. In fact, quite the opposite since the views of the writer show that he decries the notion of the
By the Beginning God Created Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from both rabbinic Jewish sources and biblical scholars in respect to the opening word of Genesis 1:1, namely, bereshith. I cite the verse along with the transliteration of the Hebrew so the readers can follow along with the argument: “In the beginning
Islam on Sarah as Abraham’s Sister & Hagar’s Mistress Paid Members Public
I share some of the Islamic traditions, which agree with the Holy Bible that Sarah was Abraham’s sister and that Hagar was the maidservant of Sarah. All emphasis will be mine. (8) Chapter: The Statement of Allah Taa'la: "...And Allah did take Ibrahim as a Khalil.
Rabbinic Judaism’s Perverse Godhead Paid Members Public
The religion of Rabbinic Judaism is not the faith proclaimed in the Hebrew Bible, nor is its deity the one true God revealed in the inspired pages of the Old Testament. Rather, rabbinic Judaism is an amalgamation of the diverse pagan, gnostic philosophies and religious systems which the Jews came
YHVH: The Divine Adjective Paid Members Public
Deuteronomy 6:4, commonly referred to as the Shema, is the very heart of the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish faith. It is also the very foundation of the New Testament proclamation of the Triunity of God. The passage stresses the fact of YHVH being the only God whom his
The Relatives of Jesus Paid Members Public
The article that I am posting can be accessed here: The Relatives of Jesus. The Relatives of Jesus By Richard Bauckham Careful readers of the NT know that one of Jesus’ relatives, his brother James, played a prominent part in the early history of the church. Not so well known